I found this movie interesting for its depiction of movie making techniques in the sixties. The Eclair cameras, the editing console, the splicer, the wooden tripods -- these are the things to which I paid attention. Elodie Bouchez is a serious young actress who is always nice to watch but in this movie her weepy, bitchy character wasn't very sympathetic. The editor's concern for film as art was, but his soft-spoken, passive personality became increasingly annoying. Is this the sort of guy the blue-eyed babe (ala Barbarella) would be interested in? It's hard to believe. Gerard Depardieu had a brief appearance as the "revolutionary director" who is thrown off the project by the exasperated producer. Probably the best scene in the movie, the way he punched through the door of the screening room and shouted, "Bullshit!" was it's funniest moment. I also liked the girl in the miniskirt climbing into the car on New Years Eve who wasn't wearing any panties. Too bad there weren't a few more scenes like that.
Review of CQ
